istuc

Latin

Adverb

istuc

  1. thither, to you, in that direction
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi :
      Haud istuc rogo. Fuistin liber? - Fui.
      That isn’t what I’m asking about. Were you a freeman? - I was.
    Concede istuc paululum.
    Give him/her/it a little bit.
  2. to that thing, to that subject in discourse
    Istuc ibam.
    I was going to that thing.

References
  • istuc in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • istuc in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • there is something in what you say; you are more or less right: est istuc quidem aliquid
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